Ashraf Hasham will join the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) as the Youth Arts Manager, providing visionary, strategic leadership for ARTS Creative Youth Program team. The goals of the Creative Youth Arts program are to incorporate racially equitable approaches and outcomes in public arts education and Creative Youth… [ Keep reading ]
Written by Hannah E. Curtis With support from the City’s Innovation & Performance team, Human Services Department, and Seattle Public Schools, the Office of Arts & Culture has initiated the Creative Youth Development (CYD) Secondary Arts Project. The CYD Secondary Arts Project invests in high quality, culturally responsive arts programs… [ Keep reading ]
August 31-September 2, 2019Seattle-based Student Art Spaces GallerySeattle Artist League10219 Aurora AveSeattle, WA 98133 What strikes you when you hear the words “The Modern Youth’s Identity?” Teen artists across the country were invited to interpret this theme for the Seattle-based Student Art Spaces gallery. Mental health crises, political change, and… [ Keep reading ]
“Differences must be not merely tolerated, but seen as a fund of necessary polarities between which our creativity can spark like a dialectic.” – Audre Lorde After six incredible years leading the Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) Creative Youth programs, I’m excited to announce that I am leaving… [ Keep reading ]
Written by Erin Naomi Burrows, Seattle University MFA in Arts Leadership practicum student. The Creative Careers Cohort, launched in March, 2019, wrapped up three-sessions of sharing best practices (i.e. secret sauce). Through these in-person learning gatherings, the Cohort surfaced core themes, strategies and questions on how best to serve Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
Convening Creative Youth Development programs to share their secret sauce Written by Erin Naomi Burrows, Seattle University MFA in Arts Leadership practicum student Around the U-shaped conference table in the brand new ARTS at King Street Station are some of Seattle’s finest: the culture workers and teaching artists behind the… [ Keep reading ]
The Creative Advantage was created to ensure that all students in all Seattle Public Schools (SPS) have opportunities to learn through the arts, helping them achieve success in school and in life. In SPS high schools, this takes the form of connecting students with career opportunities in creative industries. As… [ Keep reading ]
The 5th annual Creative Advantage Arts Partners Summer Institute took place on August 16th at Seattle Art Museum. One of the themes of this year’s institute was to think about our education work through the lens of the past, the present and the future. When planning the institute, we worked… [ Keep reading ]
Grant to support The Creative Advantage, a citywide initiative to establish equitable access to arts education National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the National Endowment for the ARTS (NEA) second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in… [ Keep reading ]
On August 17, 2017, Seattle Art Museum (SAM) hosted the fourth Creative Advantage Summer Arts Partnership Institute for classroom teachers, teaching artists, administrators, youth development workers, and community members. Dancers from Northwest Tap Connection opened the day with a rousing performance garnering multiple standing ovations, that showcased the skill, passion,… [ Keep reading ]
